<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's biggest mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc is expected to start selling iPhones as soon as autumn, helping Apple Inc extend its reach in a country where it has more than three times the market share of rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.</p><p>DoCoMo has long resisted offering the iPhone to its 60 million customers due to differences with Apple over branding and sales margins, but has lost market share to smaller rivals Softbank Corp and KDDI Corp, which have been selling Japan's best-selling smartphone since 2008 and 2011, respectively.</p><p>DoCoMo is expected to begin selling the iPhone as early as this autumn, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.</p><p>The sources, who declined to be named due to the confidentiality of the discussions, did not detail the conditions of the agreement.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/06/us-nttdocomo-apple-idUSBRE9850BB20130906">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324123004579057881174007724.html">NTT DoCoMo Plans to Start Carrying iPhone This Autumn</a> (Wall Street Journal)</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-05/ntt-docomo-said-to-be-near-agreement-with-apple-to-offer-iphone.html">Apple Said to Near Deal With Japan&#039;s DoCoMo to Sell IPhone</a> (Bloomberg)</p><p><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130906-japan-mobile-giant-docomo-sell-iphone-media">Japan mobile giant Docomo to sell iPhone: media</a> (FRANCE 24)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dScdrPnM0tYXkyMkN5F883DMpIq_M&ned=us">44 additional articles.</a></p>